The officer's affair was just a minor episode, and it was left to David to deal with, and Brooklyn believed he could handle it well.

He hurried with Ray, but it was still too late. Cedric arranged for the court to begin at ten o'clock this morning, and when he arrived at the courthouse parking lot with David, it was already ten o'clock.

This time Brooklyn did not give an interview, and he took the elevator straight to the inner court. As soon as I entered the door, I was greeted warmly by Bob.

"Why did you come?" Bob grumbled as he quickly ripped off Brooklyn's coat and grabbed his robe and draped it over him.

When Brooklyn fastened the buttons, Bob handed over the file and glass. Tucking them into Brooklyn's arms, Bob pulled Brooklyn and began to run wildly.

10:15, Courtroom No. 9. While there was a lot of talk and suspicion that something was going on in Brooklyn, the door to the inner court opened, and Bob walked in with a six-month-old belly.

"Please all stand, e. . Court Y.9 is now in session, presided by the Honourable Judge Brooklyn Lee. With a staggering stand, Brooklyn walked into the courtroom, paused in the dock for a moment, and walked up to the judge's seat.

Putting down the glass and waving to sit down, Brooklyn read out the disciplinary requirements. Jerry learned very well this time, and directly took out an identical document, followed Nelly's movements, and marked the time on it.

After the reading, Brooklyn announced that jury selection could begin. The purpose of this trial is to select the jury, and if Brooklyn can make his opening statement before lunch, of course, it may be a bit rushed.

The members of the reserve jury entered in an orderly manner under the guidance of Ray and sat on the jury bench. Brooklyn picked up the agreement and read it out, and although he had quickened his pace, the process took nearly half an hour.

Fortunately, this agreement was signed before the jurors entered, otherwise more time would have been wasted.

Finally, several key requirements were highlighted, and Brooklyn immediately announced that it had entered the selection stage. Without the involvement of the ATC, most lawyers would have a normal jury selection, not asking bizarre questions or communicating with the off-court team while watching the jurors' reactions to the questions.

This saves a lot of time. An hour later, the jury was finished, and it was almost twelve o'clock.

Brooklyn looked at the time and had to postpone lunch to make up for his late morning.

"The Tribunal appreciates your participation." Brooklyn is like an emotionless reading machine, carrying out the necessary processes without emotion, and speaking at a rapid pace.

"Jury members are requested to abide by court discipline and abide by the requirements of the agreement, and it is strictly forbidden to give interviews during the trial, and it is strictly forbidden to have contact with any person related to the parties, and once discovered by the court, their jury qualifications will be disqualified, and the right to prosecute will be reserved."

"Please sit down with the jurors. The prosecution and defense are ready to make statements. Brooklyn was talking so fast that Jerry was not used to it, so he had to try his best to keep up.

"Plaintiff." Brooklyn read out a raft of procedural demands, culminating in the plaintiffs' bench.

"From the moment Cedric accepted Robert Bales' commission to become his defense lawyer, the media eyes have been on Cedric." Lawyers from Pearson Law Firm stood up to make their statements.

"As the trial progressed, the media attention began to spread from Cedric to his family."

"The media coverage of the whole case is not focused on the trial, and in their coverage, the trial part is only a small part, and most of the rest is how Cedric is, how Cedric is, how Cedric is."

"The media is covering every move Cedric makes, the commentators are judging Cedric's every move, the news presenters are pointing fingers at Cedric's defense ideas, and all the media are teaching Cedric what he should do and shouldn't do that."

"After the trial, the media focused not on Robert Bales's verdict, but on Cedric. The media analyzed every word Cedric said and every action he made in court, frame by frame. They didn't even know Cedric and arbitrarily concluded that Cedric became a lawyer to make money. ”

They made bold guesses about Cedric's actions in the light of a little fact, and promoted them in a firm tone. They published Cedric's home address in the newspapers, exposing Cedric's wife's work and their children's school. ”

"Some of the people who believed their report began to stalk Cedric's family, throwing rocks at their home, throwing animal carcasses, writing threatening letters, and Ms. Bella was constantly harassed by strangers during working hours, and the company had to fire her. Their child is alienated by his classmates and beaten by older students simply because his father's name is Cedric. Just because his father didn't do what the media asked. ”

"Cedric didn't even dare to live at home, he could only live in the warehouse of the veterans' club."

"Robert Bales's case is over, but the media and strangers have not harassed the Cedric family."

"When a person continues to live in the spotlight, his words and deeds will be reported and observed, when a person's family is constantly harassed and cannot live a normal life at all, how much psychological pressure does this person face?"

"What should this person do?"

"Cedric chose to commit suicide on a cold winter night, and we have no way of knowing what he thought of before making this decision, but we should know how desperate a person who chooses to freeze to death is before he dies."

"Yes, the report drove Cedric into a corner, leaving him with no choice but to commit suicide."

"If it hadn't been reported, Cedric might not have been in the veterans' club warehouse at all, and he would have been sitting in the warm living room and discussing with Ms. Bella what Christmas presents to have for his son."

"It's true that they didn't kill Cedric directly, but what they did was even more terrible than killing Cedric directly." The lawyer at Pearson's law firm finished speaking sadly and nodded slightly at Brooklyn.

"Defendant." Brooklyn was also recording, and he glanced at the time, and it was already twelve o'clock. After mentally assessing the timing of the defendant's opening statement, Brooklyn decided to wait until the defendant's statement had been completed before adjourning the trial.

's lawyer stood up and came to the jury bench.

"Broadcaster is a long-established broadcaster that has produced countless popular programs and has accompanied generations of growth."

"Cartoons from childhood, dramas and singing and dancing competitions from youth, current political news from middle age, sports broadcasts, documentaries from all walks of life...... The audience that accompanies it, from birth to death. ”

"With a large number of journalists, they can ensure that they can understand anything that is happening in the world anytime, anywhere, and ensure that they can broadcast hot news to their audience as soon as possible."

"I have been invited to the B Palace many times to give an exclusive interview with Mr. President, and I have also interviewed foreign leaders, dignitaries from various countries, businessmen, scientists, artists, singers, warlords, and even KB elements many times......"

"These interviews are made into news or documentaries and broadcast on appropriate programs. It's not just positive reporting, in fact, most of the time there will be a more comprehensive coverage of the interviewees, both positive and negative. Good at digging up the news, good at digging up the news that people don't know, that the interviewee wants to hide. ”

"Isn't that exactly what a good broadcaster should do?"

"Mr. President did not commit suicide because of the report, leaders or dignitaries of various countries did not go to court because of the report, and businessmen, scientists, artists, and singers did not threaten to ban because of the report."

"The warlords and KBs did not retaliate for this."

"Even though the reports tend to make them uncomfortable, no one does. Because they understand that this discomfort is exactly what they do as a qualified media, impartial, objective. ”

"This is the bottom line of the media and the professional ethics of the practitioners." The lawyer finally bowed slightly to the jury and returned to his place.

Brooklyn asked, marking the file

"Does the plaintiff need to add?"

"No, Your Excellency."

"What about the defendant?"

"No, Your Excellency." Brooklyn finished the marking, covered the pen, and looked up.

"Lunchtime, adjournment." duangduang！ He rang the gavel and announced

"At half past one in the afternoon, let's continue, ladies and gentlemen." Back in the inner court, it was a little more before Jerry came back with a sad face.

At this time, the people in Brooklyn were already discussing what to eat for lunch. Brooklyn wasn't hungry at all, they had eaten too much and drunk a lot of wine last night, and now he had no appetite at all.

But for the sake of his health, he still forced himself to eat two corn tortillas and drank a lot of corn soup.

Jerry didn't attend the lunch, and he was still in his office taking notes, filling in what had fallen during the trial.

Nelly brought him one. At half past one in the afternoon, courtroom No. 9, the trial continued. Before moving on to the presentation of evidence, Brooklyn reaffirmed discipline and emphasized the requirements for the jury, and after making sure every juror listened, the trial began.

The first piece of evidence presented by Pearson lawyers' attorneys was a cut from the report. Or you can call it a collection.

This is the entire past report on Cedric submitted by the plaintiff and reviewed by the court.

The collection of reports is very long, with a total duration of more than 170 minutes, and it is obviously impossible to broadcast them all in court.

Pearson lawyers selected several important clips for presentation: a report on Cedric's address, a report on Cedric's family, a commentary on Cedric's defense at trial, and a mockery of Cedric's performance in court.

“…… I said earlier that Cedric is not worthy of being a lawyer, and Robert Bales should fire Cedric and change the lawyer immediately...... He's a liar, maybe we should write to the bar and get the liar suspended, he's better suited to be a fraud...... than a lawyer," scoffed the host, who Brooklyn identified as one of his least favorite hosts.

The taunting remarks caused a small commotion in the jury bench.

The showrunner declared that Cedric was a liar and that he should go for it. The lawyers at Pearson Law Firm repeated

"How do they know? Have they been deceived? Did they see Cedric's fraud firsthand? ”

"This is obviously slander and a very serious false report."

"On the premise of knowing that his TV show has a wide audience, he still uses words such as liars and scams to describe Cedric."

"And the previous reports." He said

"Ms. Bella and their children made it clear that they did not want to be interviewed, and the reporter continued to follow them relentlessly, trying to put the microphone in their mouths."

"Of course, I have interviewed many celebrities, Mr. President, leaders and dignitaries of various countries, artists, singers, and celebrities, but this is an interview with the permission of the interviewee. Apparently not with Ms. Bella's permission, but they still insisted on tracking and reporting. ”

"There's also private information that comes out of the news." The lawyer rewinded the collection and put it back in again.

"Without the permission of the respondents, the respondents' home address, vehicle information, work information, school information, age, clothing, posture, and even dentist were ...... It's all reported, twice! ”

"Guys, twice!"

"I've looked through the previous documentaries of interviews with celebrities, why don't they appear in the documentary? Why don't you report to these? A lawyer from Pearson walked up to the dock and asked

"Is it because you're afraid that celebrities will sue you?"

“obje!” As soon as the plaintiff's lawyer objected, the plaintiff's lawyer immediately said

"I take it back." He then walked over to the jury and spread his hands

"Looks like everyone knows about it." With that, he concluded his statement and returned to his seat. After talking to his assistant in a low voice, the lawyer got up and said

"Your Excellency, I am applying that the host of the news program be listed as a witness to rebuttal." Rebuttal witnesses, witnesses who testify in court to refute the evidence or witnesses or testimony presented by the other party.

Similar to supplementary evidence, it may not be included in the list of evidence. Counterbuttal witnesses are not counted in the evidence and do not occupy the applicant's evidentiary quota.

However, the rebuttal witness must be relevant to the evidence rebutted, and cannot adduce other evidence in the name of rebuttal.

In addition, the treatment of rebuttal witnesses is essentially the same as that of the witnesses in the list of evidence. Brooklyn agreed to his application without much thought.

So one of Brooklyn's least favorite news presenters sat down next to him. This made Brooklyn feel a little awkward.

In Brooklyn's opinion, this guy is running a train with his mouth full of words, and there is not a word of truth at all.